[ Mother Goose's melody; or Sonnets for the cradle.
Subtitle: In two parts. Part 1st. contains the most celebrated songs and lullabies of the old British nurses, calculated to amuse children and to excite them to sleep. Part 2d, those of that sweet songster and nurse of wit and humour, Master William Shakespeare. : Embellished with cuts, and illustrated with notes and maxims, historical, philosophical, and critical.]
Contributors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, ed.
Edition: [The first Worcester edition.]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 19105.
Publisher: Printed by Isaiah Thomas, and sold at his bookstore.
Published: 1785
Place of publication: [Worcester (Massachusetts)
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 96
Work titles: Mother Goose.
Notes: The only known copy lacks title page and is very imperfect. Title, edition statement, imprint and collation supplied by Welch.

The English edition from which this is taken was probably edited by Oliver Goldsmith. Cf. Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, no. 179.

Signatures: [A]ı́ B-Fı́.

Evans 19105.

Welch, d'A.A.  Amer. children's books, 905.1.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 19105)